e Republic of Nauru. The research is the result of extensive desk-based research, stakeholder consultations in South East Asia and interviews with child asylum seekers and refugees. The research documents current practices in detention of child asylum seekers and refugees, the conditions of detention and the impact of detention on children. It also explores available alternatives to detention in these countries and emerging initiatives that may offer new, improved or expanded alternatives to detention in the future. It offers a number of principles and recommendations which aim to end the practice of detaining children for immigration purposes and to ensure that alternatives to detention are safe and appropriate for children.

The report aims to contribute to ending the practice of child immigration detention in line with the commitment of States in the New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants (2016).

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In two urban areas of Indonesia and Thailand, Greater Jakarta and Bangkok, live some 20,000 refugees, with limited access to basic rights, waiting for resettlement or the chance to return to their countries of origin. This study seeks to build an understanding of the education and child protection issues surrounding refugee and asylum-seeking children living in these precarious and detrimental situations. Research conducted in Bangkok and Jakarta included interviews with service providers and refugee community members as well as site visits to community learning centres, detention centres and shelters.

Findings revealed complex and interconnected challenges, especially in regard to child protection and access to education, the two main focuses of the study. Based on the findings of the report, recommendations are made to service providers in Bangkok and Jakarta, including Save the Children, in the areas of commun